Khorkuto

Khorkuto
Genre	Drama Family Comedy Romance
Written by	Leena Gangopadhyay
Directed by	Saibal Banerjee Snehasish Jana, Sudip Santra
Creative director	Leena Gangopadhyay
Starring	Trina Saha Bhattacharya Koushik Roy
Opening theme	Khorkuto by Anweshaa
Composer	Debojyoti Mishra
Country of origin	India
Original language	Bengali
No. of episodes	715
Production
Executive producers	Debolina Mukhopadhyay Sumit Roy (Magic Moments Motion Pictures) Taniya Supriyo (Star Jalsha)
Producer	Saibal Banerjee
Production location	Kolkata
Cinematography	Madhab Naskar
Editors	Samir Soumen
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Original release
Network	Star Jalsha
Release	17 August 2020 (2020-08-17) – 21 August 2022 (2022-08-21)

Khorkuto is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy drama television series that premiered on 17 August 2020 ^[1] and airs on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. ^[2] The show is produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay and starred Trina Saha Bhattacharya and Koushik Roy. ^[3] The show's plotline and characters seem to have been heavily inspired from a previous show produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures, Kojagori .

Plot

Gungun, a sophisticated upper-class girl, crosses paths with Soujanyo, a scholar who belongs to a middle-class joint family, and everything changes. Apart from a beautiful love story, ‘Khorkuto’ narrates the tale of a joint family, its roots and beliefs. After a few meetings with Soujanyo, Gungun's father decides to marry Gungun off with Soujanyo to teach her morals and ethics.Gungun and soujanyo signed in a deal where they will live with each other for one year.After one year when gungun will passed in her exam ,they will get divorced.Although Gungun is a little ill-mannered, she is very good at heart and gets deserved love from Soujanyo' s family. She becomes a part of the family and stands by them through all their difficulties.The family members also loved gungun from heart.Gungun,potka,Misti,riju,chini and rupanjan decided to go for a picnic.They offered sounanyo to go with them but he rejected.They all went to the picnic where they make fun with soujanyo that gungun has high fever .Babin (soujanyo) went their immediately and found that it was a prank .He became furious which hurt potka and he left the house.Soujanyo said sorry to potka and returned home with him.Sukollan ,who was the lover of putupishi returned after a long time and it revealed that jhum and debolina were not his real family.It was a misunderstanding.After various circumstances,putupishi and sukollan get married.Adil,muniya's son ,who was daughter of Boro maa and jhethau ,a Muslim came into their house with potka and gungun gungun found her real identity.She made a great bond with him which was not accepted by all the family members and sounanyo.They told gungun to leave the house for somedays.when gungun about to leave the house ,potka revealed adil's identity.Muniya is her mother (who left the house for loving a Muslim boy).The family members realized their mistake and they stopped gungun.But gungun didn't heard.Then All of them went to gungun's house to convince him and Gungun forgive them. ^{[4] [5]}

The show came to an end on 21 August 2022 with the sudden death of Gungun and the story jumps to 25 years later when Soujanya and Gungun's son, Dr. Sourin "Ishaan" Mukherjee, an oncologist, crosses paths with Dr. Shrotoshwini "Gungun" Majumder, a therapist in the hospital, the whole family rejoice on seeing the repeating story of Soujanya and Gungun to the next generation.

Cast

Main

• Trina Saha Bhattacharya as
  • Shrotoshwini "Gungun" Bose – Dr. Kaushik and Shilpi's daughter; Tinni's cousin and rival; Babin's wife; Ishaan's mother (Dead) (2020–2022)
  • Shrotoshwini "Gungun" Majumder – A therapist; Kaushik's daughter ^[6] (2022).
• Koushik Roy as
  • Soujanyo "Babin" Mukherjee aka Crazy – A scientist; Bhajan and Chandana's son; Chini's brother; Riju, Munia and Shaaji's cousin; Gungun's widower; Ishaan's Father (2020–2022)
  • Dr. Sourin "Ishaan" Mukherjee – An oncologist; Gungun and Soujanyo's son ^[7] (2022)

Recurring

• Dulal Lahiri as Siddheshwar "Jethai" Mukherjee – Bhajan, Putu and Potka's brother; Nonibala's widower; Riju and Munia's father; Adil and Puchu's grandfather. (2020–2022)
• Ratna Ghoshal as Nonibala "Jethi" Mukherjee – Siddheshwar's wife; Riju and Munia's mother; Adil and Puchu's grandmother. (2020–2022) (Dead).
• Chandan Sen as Trilokeshwar "Bhajan" Mukherjee – Jethai, Putu and Potka's brother; Chandana's husband; Babin and Chini's father; Ishaan's grandfather ^[8] (2020–2022)
• Anushree Das as Basumati "Chandana" Mukherjee – Bhajan's wife; Babin and Chini's mother; Ishaan's grandmother. (2020–2022)
• Sohini Sengupta as Meghomala "Putu" Mukerjee Chatterjee – A Teacher; Jethai, Bhajan and Potka's sister; Sukalyan's wife. ^{[9] [10]} (2020–2022) (Dead)
• Badshah Moitra as Dr. Sukalyan Chatterjee – Putu's husband. (2020–2021)
• Ambarish Bhattacharya as Kamaleshwar "Potka" Mukherjee – Jethai, Bhajan and Putu's brother; Jaya's husband; Shaaji's father.(2020–2022)
• Jayashree Mukherjee Kaul as Suchitra "Jaya" Mukherjee – Potka's wife; Shaaji's mother. (2020–2022)
• Debottam Majumdar as Abhijnan "Riju" Mukherjee – Jethai and Nonibala's son; Munia's brother; Babin, Chini and Shaaji's cousin; Mishti's husband; Puchu's father ^[11] (2020–2022)
• Rajanya Mitra as Nabamita "Mishti" Mukherjee – Riju's wife; Puchu's mother (2020–2022)
• Priyanka Mitra as Imon "Chini" Mukherjee Chatterjee – Bhajan and Chandana's daughter; Babin's sister; Riju, Munia and Shaaji's cousin; Rupanjan's wife (2020–2022)
• Raja Goswami ^[12] as Rupanjan Chatterjee – Chini's husband (2020–2022)
• Sonal Mishra as Doyelpakhi "Shaaji" Mukherjee Singha – A college professor; Potka and Jaya's daughter; Riju, Munia, Babin and Chini's cousin; Gungun's friend; Sroth's ex-wife; Arjun's wife (2020–2022)
• Sayanta Modak as Dr. Arjun Singha – A professor; Shaaji's second husband (2022)
• Abhishek Chatterjee as Dr. Kaushik Bose – A Surgeon; Jui's brother; Shilpi's husband; Gungun's father; Ishaan's grandfather. (2020–2022) (Dead)
• Malabika Sen as Dr. Shilpi Bose – Kaushik's widow; Gungun's mother; Ishaan's grandmother. (2020–2022)
• Suchismita Chowdhury as Jui Bose Sengupta – Kaushik's sister; Tinni's mother; Gungun's aunt. (2020–2022)
• Debasish Roy Chowdhury as Partha Chatterjee - Rupanjan's father.
• Madhumita Basu as Mandira Chatterjee - Rupanjan's mother.
• Rukma Roy as Ananya "Tinni" Sengupta – Jui's daughter; Dr. Kaushik's niece; Gungun's cousin and rival; Babin's research assistant. (2020–2021)
• Sayantan Halder as Sroth Sengupta – Shaji's ex-husband (2022)
• Rishav Basu as Adil "Adi" Sheikh – Munia's son, Riju, Babin, Chini's and Shaaji's nephew, Siddheshwar & Nonibala's grandson. ^[13] (2021)
• Sujoy Biswas as Soujanyo's Institute's Dean. (2020–2022)
• Arup Kumar Roy as Shubho Banerjee (2021)
• Atmandeep Ghosh as Krish – Gungun's namesake boyfriend. (2020)
• Asmee Ghosh as Jhum – Sukalyan's adopted daughter. (2020–2021)
• Kanyakumari Mukherjee as Deblina – Jhum's mother. (2020–2021)
• Diganta Bagchi as lawyer of Tinni. (2021)
• Shampa Banerjee as lawyer of Soujanyo. (2021)
• Chitra Sen as Kanakbala ^[14] (2021)
• Chaitali Chakraborty as Sroth's mother. (2022)

Reception

Ratings

Week	Year	BARC Viewership		Ref.
		TRP	Rank
Week 37	2020	5.4	4	[15]
Week 38	2020	5.2	4	[16]
Week 39	2020	5.0	4	[17]
Week 40	2020	5.1	3	[18]
Week 42	2020	4.8	4	[19]
Week 43	2020	4.6	4	[20]
Week 44	2020	5.3	3	[21]
Week 45	2020	5.5	3	[22]
Week 46	2020	5.3	3	[23]
Week 47	2020	5.9	2	[24]
Week 48	2020	5.8	3	[25]
Week 49	2020	6.3	2	[26]
Week 52	2020	5.7	4	[27]
Week 9	2021	4.8	2	[28]
Week 10	2021	4.1	5	[29]

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes	Ref.
Tamil	Namma Veetu Ponnu நம்ம வீட்டு பொண்ணு	16 August 2021	Star Vijay	25 March 2023	Remake	[30]
Marathi	Thipkyanchi Rangoli ठिपक्यांची रांगोळी	4 October 2021	Star Pravah	18 November 2023		[31]
Malayalam	Palunku പളുങ്ക്	22 November 2021	Asianet	30 December 2022		[32]
Hindi	Kabhi Kabhie Ittefaq Sey कभी कभी इत्तेफाक से	3 January 2022	StarPlus	20 August 2022		[33]
Kannada	Jenugudu ಜೇನುಗೂಡು	21 February 2022	Star Suvarna	30 September 2023		[34]

References

1. "'Khorkuto' to launch on August 17; 'Ke Apon Ke Por' gets a different slot". The Times of India .
2. "Actors Koushik Roy and Trina Saha to play the leads in 'Khorkuto'". The Times of India .
3. "Khorkuto: Tinni lies in front of Soujanya's family". The Times of India .
4. "Khorkuto to narrate the tale of love, family bonding and values". The Times of India .
5. "'Khorkuto' completes 300 episodes - Times of India". The Times of India . 18 June 2021.
6. "It's like a dream come true for me to work with Leena Gangopadhyay: Trina Saha". The Times of India .
7. "I'm grateful to have such finest actors as my co-stars: Koushik Roy". The Times of India .
8. "Of food, fun and frolic". The Telegraph. 20 January 2021.
9. "Actress Sohini Sengupta gets candid about her upcoming show 'Khorkuto' and her real life 'big happy family'". The Times of India .
10. "When I was offered Khor Kuto during lockdown, I felt blessed: Sohini". The Times of India . 28 October 2020.
11. "#Rewind2020: Khorkuto to Khirer Putul; hits and misses of Bengali TV". The Times of India . 24 December 2020.
12. "Actor Raja Goswami joins the cast of 'Khorkuto'". The Times of India .
13. "বহুদিন পরে টেলিভিশনে ফিরছেন ঋষভ বসু, কোন ধারাবাহিকে?". TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). 12 May 2021.
14. "Khorkuto update, January 7: Kanakbala arrives at Mukherjee household - Times of India". The Times of India. 8 January 2022.
15. "WEEK 37 - DATA: Saturday, 12th September 2020 To Friday, 18th September 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
16. "WEEK 38 - DATA: Saturday, 19th September 2020 To Friday, 25th September 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020.
17. "WEEK 39 - DATA: Saturday, 26th September 2020 To Friday, 2nd October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020.
18. "WEEK 40 - DATA: Saturday, 3rd October 2020 To Friday, 9th October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
19. "WEEK 42 - DATA: Saturday, 17th October 2020 To Friday, 23rd October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020.
20. "WEEK 43 - DATA: Saturday, 24th October 2020 To Friday, 30th October 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020.
21. "WEEK 44 - DATA: Saturday, 31st October 2020 To Friday, 6th November 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020.
22. "WEEK 45 - DATA: Saturday, 7th November 2020 To Friday, 13th November 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020.
23. "WEEK 46 - DATA: Saturday, 14th November 2020 To Friday, 20th November 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020.
24. "'Khorkuto' gives a stiff competition to other TV shows; bags second spot on TRP charts". The Times of India .
25. "WEEK 48 - DATA: Saturday, 28th November 2020 To Friday, 4th December 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
26. "WEEK 49 - DATA: Saturday, 5th December 2020 To Friday, 11th December 2020". BARC India. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020.
27. "WEEK 52 - DATA: Saturday, 26th December 2020 To Friday, 1st January 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021.
28. "WEEK 9 - DATA: Saturday, 27th February 2021 To Friday, 5th March 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021.
29. "WEEK 10 - DATA: Saturday, 6th March 2021 To Friday, 12th March 2021". BARC India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
30. "Koushik Roy-Trina Saha starrer 'Khorkuto' gets a Tamil remake - Times of India". The Times of India . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
31. "Trina Saha and Koushik Roy starrer 'Khorkuto' to have a Marathi remake - Times of India". The Times of India . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
32. "New daily soap 'Palunku' to launch soon; Thej Gowda and Khushi to make their TV debut - Times of India". The Times of India . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
33. "Kabhie Kabhie Ittefaque Se: Trina Saha-Koushik Roy starrer 'Khorkuto' to be remade in Hindi - Times of India". The Times of India . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
34. "ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸೊಗಡಿಗನ 'ಜೇನುಗೂಡು' ಧಾರಾವಾಹಿ ಶೀಘ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ಪ್ರಸಾರ". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 22 February 2022.

External links

• Khorkuto at Disney+ Hotstar
• Khorkuto at IMDb